Gender and language in Sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource] ] : tradition, struggle and change / / edited by Lilian Atanga ... [et al.]
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| Titolo: |
Gender and language in Sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource] ] : tradition, struggle and change / / edited by Lilian Atanga ... [et al.]
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (343 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.44081/0967 |
| Soggetto topico: | Language and sex - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| Sexism in language - Africa, Sub-Saharan | |
| Sex role - Africa, Sub-Saharan | |
| Gender identity - Africa, Sub-Saharan | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Africa, Sub-Saharan Languages |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
AtangaLilian Lem
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. Gender and linguistic description -- pt. 2. Public settings and gendered language use -- pt. 3. Mediated masculinities and femininities -- pt. 4. Gendered struggles and change -- pt. 5. Epilogue. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Much research on gender-based violence, especially sexual assault, indicate that women are often blamed for their predicament (Ehrlich 2002; Clark 1998). Prominent among the reasons given is 'indecent dressing' - which lures 'innocent' men to commit such crimes. Context therefore plays a major role in who is blamed. To contribute to this discussion, I discuss the role of context in apportioning blame in the two cases of sexual assault on a Ghanaian female artiste (Mzbel). This is done through the analysis of linguistic data from media reports, readers and Mzbel herself. The analysis shows that |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Gender and language in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| ISBN: | 1-299-28374-8 |
| 90-272-7230-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465089103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Impact, studies in language and society ; ; v. 33.